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It smells pretty good too.

Man's been tugging at the reins like a stallion come spring for the past week.

What do you suppose he is, Charlie?

Oh, goldfever maybe.

Maybe he's going to class reunion or something.

Couldn't be a woman.

No, no.

He's a scout.

Women are for softies.

When I get back I'll tell you about it, Charlie.

But not all of it.

Just enough to wet your appetite.

Until then, you're just going to both have to wait.

Flint, is it really true you're going to see an old gal friend?

Well, she's not too old.

Well, maybe she's got a friend for me.

What's an old girl friend of yours doing in Riverport?

She lives there.

Oh.

Ain't very informally busy, Charlie.

No.

And I'm not telling you everything when I get back either, but I will tell you one thing.

She's the prettiest widow lady you've ever seen.

I know a fellow that lived in Riverford once.

Gunman.

Riker Cole Hayne.

That so?

Yeah.

Married a pretty girl from Virginia.

Understand he was killed in Mexico.

That's right.

Married a real pretty girl.

Well, gentlemen, I'll, uh, see you in a few days.

Excuse me.

Howdy.

Howdy.

Nice day.

Yeah.

Sure is.

Yeah.

Sure is a nice day.

Howdy.

Howdy.

I think I'd like me a nice, cool beer.

I'm gonna like this, Tom.

How'd you guess?

Anybody riding into Riverford at this time of year wants a cold beer.

Come far?

No, not far.

Got an old friend that lives here.

Maybe you can tell me exactly where.

Maybe, know most everybody in town.

Eleanor Cohane.

Friend of yours?

Old friend.

Don't argue.

Maybe you other gentlemen could tell me where I might find Miss Cohane.

We're closed, mister.

I asked a question.

That's right.

Wait a minute.

I've got a little news for you.

What is it?

When you come in, I want you to come in.

I know you're busy.

But I want you to come in.

I have to get you out of here, before it's too late.

Don't worry, I'll get you out.

You're going to be a hero.

I'm gonna be a hero.

I'm gonna be a hero.

You're gonna be a hero.

Look, I'm not a hero.

I'm not a hero.

I'm just a man.

I'm a man.

I'm a man.

I'm a man.

I'm a man.

I'm a man.

I'm a man.

I'm a man.

I asked a question.

That's right.

You got your answer.

For the hospitality.

Hot, though.

Oh, it is hot this time of year.

It is a nice day, though.

Yeah, it sure is.

You live here long, old-timer?

Oh, yes.

I lived here way before the town was here.

Well, you ought to be able to help me.

Then I'm looking for a woman named Eleanor Culhane.

Who?

Mrs. Eleanor Culhane.

Howdy.

Good afternoon.

Can I help you?

Maybe the name's McCulloch.

Mine's Harris.

I'll take.

I've heard all about the weather.

Yeah, weather's all we get to talk about around here.

What about Mrs. Riker Culhane?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, what about her?

That's what I'm trying to find out.

She lives here, doesn't she?

Yeah, you could call it that.

Would you mind telling me where?

Did you, uh, know Culhane?

When he was alive, I asked you about his wife.

Nice town.

No great shucks, maybe, but quiet.

Didn't use to be that way, though, not when Culhane was here.

How well do you know him?

I'm not interested in him, he's dead.

Bellum is an old friend of mine.

Before you get any ideas, you listen to me.

Burford's quiet and peaceful, and I keep it that way now that Culhane's gone.

I don't want any old friends of his coming around trying to start anything.

He really had you trade, didn't he? You and the whole town.

That's right, Mr. Me and the whole town, but he's dead.

That's right. Why take it out on his widow?

Mr. McCullough, you talk a lot faster than you think.

Maybe so, but I've got eyes. Where does she live?

Why don't you leave? Forget about her and Riker and Riverford.

You're very proud of your town, aren't you?

This whole place stinks of it.

The man's dead. Why don't you forget it?

30 a lift. Big house at the end of the street.

When it's all shut up?

I wouldn't know. Biggest house in town.

The old man's dead.

He can't live in this town anymore.

Why?

Because he's a fool.

He's a fool.

What?

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

He's a fool.

Madam.

Go away, please.

I'm watching, Mrs. Cohan.

What are you doing?

I'm watching, Mrs. Cohan.

All right.

Go away, please.

I'm watching, Mrs. Cohan.

What do you want?

I want to see Mrs. Cohan.

I'm a friend of hers.

What the color?

She's not at home.

Eleanor.

Eleanor.

Eleanor.

I guess we all do foolish things when we're that young.

Honey, he was older than you.

There was something about him.

I know.

You always said he had a flair.

You didn't want to get married, yet you said you wanted to get the taste of war out of your mouth.

Like you say, we all do foolish things.

It was so long ago.

Maybe not too long.

But there's so many things that I don't understand.

This house.

The way you shut yourself off from the town.

Why?

Neither of us knew Riker.

We thought we did.

He was cruel.

He was like some kind of a feudal lord.

I was his possession.

Something he owned, like this house and the whole town.

And they hated him so.

You could feel how they hated him.

When we walked into town, they hated me too.

I was Karlain's woman.

But they were afraid of him.

All of them.

Even the sheriff.

When we came along, when Riker came along, they left the streets.

Then he'd leave.

He'd go off on one of his jobs for weeks and months at a time.

And I was left alone in the town that hated me.

Darling, he's dead now.

That's all in the past.

No, the hate's not dead.

Not their hate.

Not my hate for him.

Oh, Flint.

Flint and I are so terrible.

I just hated him so.

When word came from Mexico five years ago that he was dead, I was happy.

I sang.

I cried.

I was happy.

It was wrong.

But I was happy.

He was my husband, and I was glad that he was dead.

Why didn't you leave?

Nothing held you here.

Nothing.

Where could I go?

This is my home.

I had no place to go.

Well, why didn't you go back to Virginia?

Crawl back to my family and have them say, I told you so.

No, I couldn't.

Why didn't you come to me?

Oh, Flint.

I couldn't.

Oh, of course you could, darling.

Flint, I never really loved him.

You hurt my pride.

That's the only reason I married him.

But I love you.

Don't you know that?

That was before I married another man.

Love isn't something that you turn on and off like a lamp.

Darling, don't you see that you've done the worst thing in the world to shut yourself up here?

But I had no choice.

The hate's still there.

If you asked about me in town, you could see it.

I've seen it.

Oh, Flint.

They said just horrible things.

They called me all kinds of names.

They said horrible things.

But it's not going to happen anymore.

Do you understand?

I'm here, and I won't let it happen anymore.

Oh, Flint.

Flint, take me away.

Flint, you don't know how long I prayed for you to come.

Flint, take me away.

Please, love me like you used to.

I will.

I have no more pride.

Flint, love me.

Take me.

Take me.

The years have been good to you.

You're more handsome than ever, Flint.

You're exactly as I remembered you.

No, I'm not.

Time is harder on a woman than on a man.

You're the most beautiful woman I've ever known.

You are.

Flint, what are we going to do?

Well, the first thing is to get out of here.

Then what?

The years haven't changed us.

A lot of things can happen.

It's a big world, Eleanor.

It's a pretty wonderful place if you live here with the right person.

We've got a lot to do today.

I've got to go into town.

The reservation's on the stage.

We should find a lawyer.

Let him take care of your affairs.

Let him worry about the house.

What's the matter?

Flint, I can't leave the house.

I'm afraid to walk down that street.

Now look, you've got to get that out of your head.

We're going to walk down the street as though we owned it.

Flint, I can't.

I'm afraid.

Darling, listen to me.

These people have driven you into this house as though it were a cave

and you were some kind of an animal.

You're not.

You're a Harrison from Virginia.

And what's more important, you're Flint McCullough's personal Harrison.

Now we're going to walk down the street and nobody's going to bother us.

I promise you.

If it is, it won't be for long.

I'm taking you out in the sun and you're going to find that it's really wonderful to live again.

I want you to stop worrying about it.

You run upstairs and you get ready and I'll be down here waiting for you.

All right?

Go on, hurry up.

It's a wonderful breakfast, Inez.

Maybe too good.

What's wrong?

Do you believe in God, senor?

I certainly do.

Then pray, senor. Pray.

Come on.

Maybe I better not.

Now don't be silly. You've got nothing to worry about.

You just stick that elegant Harrison chin up and we'll show these fools how to gently walk.

Come on.

Come on.

So you finally came out of your hole, huh?

Here's to some people mixing with decent folks.

Apologize to the lady.

Apologize?

For what?

You've got three seconds to apologize.

One, two...

All right, I'll apologize.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two...

All right, I'll apologize.

I'm sorry.

If you're really a big man, keep your woman in line.

McCoy! I told you I didn't want any trouble.

There isn't any trouble, Sheriff.

They are your people that are so interested, you'd better listen.

For the last five years, you've all amused yourself at Mrs. Cohane's expense.

That ends today.

Anybody that causes her any future embarrassment will answer for it.

Now look...

I have, and what I see stinks.

You haven't tried to protect her, so I've taken over the job.

And if you've got any arguments, let's settle it right now.

All right.

Clear out, everybody.

And I don't want to hear of any of your bothering Mrs. Cohane again.

All right, Mr. McKellar?

Not all right, Sheriff, but it's a start.

So she's got herself another gunman.

Flint...

That was...

You were wonderful.

You're pretty wonderful yourself.

I will see the lawyer.

Inez!

Inez, open all the windows.

Let the beautiful sun in, let the beautiful outside in.

Oh, Ben, it was wonderful. You were wonderful.

Everything was wonderful. Flint, why didn't you come sooner?

I'd forgotten what it was like to be alive.

Oh, I'm glad to see you happy again.

Now you start packing, I'll go back to town and send a wire, hmm?

Inez?

Inez, you've let everything get so dusty.

To get busy!

Why bother about the dust? Who's going to see it?

Flint, do we have to leave?

Darling, don't you know how terrible this house is for you?

There's nothing wrong with this house. It's the biggest house in town.

I don't know how much it cost them, but there's nothing else like it.

You could say the same thing about the pyramids, but they were built as a tomb.

Now you get packed, huh?

Flint, do we have to go?

It could have been so lovely, just you and I.

Things would be different. You know how it was today in town.

There's nothing wrong when people respect you.

That's not the kind of respect I'm interested in.

I want people to like us just for ourselves.

Not because I'm quick with a gun.

And when do you see San Francisco?

I suppose.

But I had such a wonderful time here once.

We had a beautiful coach and four.

We'd go out early in the morning and everyone used to watch us.

It was wonderful.

Of course, that was in the beginning.

Well, this is a brand new beginning for both of us.

Have I told you today that you're very beautiful?

Now you start packing, and I'll send the wire.

Hurry back.

Don't worry.

Arnaz! Arnaz!

Hurry, Arnaz!

There's so much to be done. Open them all.

What if I speak too much?

Arnaz, are there any flowers in my garden?

Arnaz, are there any flowers in my garden?

Such a big house, such a wonderful house.

Arnaz, you must have some flowers.

Then we can have a party.

We can have a wonderful party.

I haven't had a party in so long.

There's so much to be done.

That's right.

Christopher Hale, and he'll figure it out a cripple quick.

Thanks.

Isn't your name Riker Culhane?

Don't you remember me?

Culhane?

You're a long way from home.

You're supposed to be dead.

Culhane?

Culhane.

Culhane.

Culhane.

Culhane.

Helena?

She thinks you're dead.

You've been away a long time.

Dad?

Dad?

What do you want?

Look, I'm trying to clean up this mess.

Riker.

Look, Riker, I don't want any trouble.

There won't be any trouble.

What he needs is a drink.

I've got some coffee.

I spilled it.

Ned.

How's Helena?

She's still here.

We heard you were dead five years ago.

Where have you been?

Five years.

I'd have said 50.

Yucca tan.

A little coffin they built on top of the ground.

Four steps one way, two steps the other.

Prison.

I've been in jail.

Culhane, things have changed around here.

I won't stand for any trouble.

I mean that.

You get out of line, you go back to prison.

Look at me.

You see trouble?

Why'd you come back here?

You must have known how things would be.

This is my home, Ned.

It's the only place I've got.

Helen is here.

That's what I mean.

I only want to stop for a while.

I got to see her.

Ned is...

Is she still pretty?

Yeah, I guess so.

I saw her every night for five years.

Flint.

You remember back in Richmond?

She wore a pink dress.

I saw her in that pink dress every night these past five years.

I got to see her.

Maybe I can get a drink first.

That's why you're here, isn't it?

You came to see her too.

I heard you were dead.

I was.

Culhane, remember what I told you.

Don't try to start anything.

The old days are gone.

Ned, you're not even looking at me.

I didn't come here to start trouble.

I came to see my wife.

I haven't bought a drink in five years.

I used to buy drinks here.

When Culhane drank, everybody drank.

We're leaving tonight.

She doesn't seem to bother you.

Stay away from her.

She's made it pretty clear how you're treated.

What kind of a woman did you think she was?

I know what kind of woman she is.

I'm here.

She's my wife.

If she wants to go, we go.

It's up to her.

I remember you.

You used to see only what you wanted to see.

I used to think you'd grow out of it someday.

Like I said,

it's up to her.

Drink up.

We'll go find out.

Why don't we have any chameleons?

They're dead, ma'am.

They died in the bushes.

Oh, and I had such lovely chameleons.

Why did they die?

I think you're wrong.

It's the wrong time of the year.

I remember it was in the spring.

We had the mayor into dinner,

and that funny little man, Mr. Talbot,

and his dowdy, fat wife.

No, senora, that was five years ago.

You're wrong.

It was in the spring,

and she was wearing something I called him.

Eleanor?

She's very much alive.

I missed you, Eleanor.

Micah?

I don't understand.

Look at you.

I tried to get word to you.

Micah, no.

No, it's been five years.

That's too long.

They said you were dead.

I had to come back to you.

My home.

This is where I belong.

Oh, no.

Why didn't you stop?

I didn't think I had the right to keep you from seeing him.

I know how it must have been.

Eleanor, listen to me.

I'm sorry.

You look like some kind of tramp.

Did you ride through town like that?

Oh, they must have laughed at you.

Micah, what, you think you'd come back here?

How dare you?

Did you think you'd come back here

and step into my life all over again?

No, no, you're dead.

You came back for me, didn't you?

What do you think I ought to do?

You can't pretend he isn't here.

Colleen, why don't you go upstairs and get cleaned up.

Inez, perhaps you'll fix Mr. Colleen something to eat.

Oh, she'll do no such thing.

I'll not have that man in my house.

It's his house, too.

You can't just turn your back on him.

He knows where the basin is.

He'll have to eat in the kitchen.

He's too dirty to be anywhere else.

It's been a pretty hard five years on her, too, Ryker.

I'm sorry about this, Owen.

Did you look at him?

Dirty, bent over.

He used to walk so tall.

He was proud.

You'll have to stop thinking about what was

and realize what is.

He's your husband.

No, not that man.

Yes, that man.

I'm as unhappy about his showing up as you are.

And if you stay here, you're making

the biggest mistake of your life.

I want you to come with me.

But after all, he's sick, he's in trouble,

and you're his wife.

Oh, be nice to him.

I'll have Inez feed him.

I've kept his clothes.

He can even have a bath.

That's not what I mean.

Oh, he can't stay here.

That's out of the question.

No, you're the one that can't stay.

This is my home.

That's right.

But I don't go with it.

Oh, but darling, you belong here.

You're like a king.

You're not like one of those grubby little people down there.

You're proud like I am.

Let's say I'm too proud to live in another man's house.

Oh, but not too proud to run away with another man's wife.

We won't be running.

It'll be out in the open for everybody to see.

I'm sorry, Flint.

I didn't mean it that way.

That's the way it came out.

Now, you find some time and talk to him.

But you love me.

So does he.

You talk to him.

I'll be back later.

I love you, Flint McCullough.

I don't have to talk that over.

Don't forget, I live under a wife.

I love you.

I love you.

You have a good memory, Agnes.

I didn't think I would ever see you again.

I am sorry you have come.

Why?

Señor Callahan, a man has his time.

When his time is gone.

More coffee?

Please.

I laid out your black suit.

I saw it, Ellen.

Well, why didn't you wear it?

I don't think it would fit me anymore.

Leave us alone, Agnes.

You had broad shoulders.

I remember your hands.

They were like rocks.

Everyone was afraid of you.

Ellen, please.

If you're raised in a place where everyone respects you,

where they know what your name means,

then you've got to have respect.

It was bad enough when you went away

and everyone heard you were dead,

but why didn't you die, Ryker?

That way, at least, they would have respected your memory,

but now look at you.

You're some kind of clown.

Look at your hands, the way they shake.

And your eyes used to be dark and bright.

No one dared to look you straight.

Ryker, how many people laughed when you came into town?

Stop it.

I've got a lot to talk about.

It's been five years.

I married you because you were a real man.

Whatever happened to that man?

I don't know what you are now, but you're not a man.

I can get well.

Oh, maybe you can make your hands stop shaking,

but what about your spine?

I don't want you to worry because I've got a man.

And you know what?

No one insults me when I'm out with him.

And you know why?

Because they're afraid of him.

Because he's a real man.

Elna, I love you.

Please, please don't do this to me again.

I don't know what you are, but I'm going to find out.

Sheriff?

Yes.

McCullough?

That's the name, Sheriff.

I don't like to drink alone.

Join you?

Suit yourself.

That must have been quite a reunion.

I'm sure that the good Christian people of Riverford

will have themselves a real picnic.

What do you mean?

I've seen how they treated her.

They really crucify him.

They're not afraid of him anymore.

He's sick.

So they'll push him around.

They'll make him eat dirt.

And when they're bored with their fun, they'll kill him.

You think so?

Killeen was born here.

You didn't know that.

He went away to the war and came back with her.

You knew him back east.

Was he a gunman then?

You think he was a killer?

Dragged too much, gambled.

Hot temper.

Well, that description would fit half the men in the Confederate Army.

That's right.

You know, we liked him.

He used to come in here and buy drinks for every man in the place.

He was a good man.

He used to come in here and buy drinks for every man in the place.

His wife didn't like that.

Wasn't respectful, she said.

She wanted a big house and a fine team.

He had to get them for her.

He knew only one way.

He could use that gun.

I don't like how you're driving.

I'm going to tell you something, McCullough.

This innocent woman you're so concerned about

took a nice, likable guy and made him into a killer

so he could buy her the things she wanted.

So the people in this town could treat her like some kind of a queen.

Riker Culhane killed three men in this town

because Eleanor Culhane thought they'd insulted her.

Do you know how he was able to get that big house?

He was a hired gun because his precious Eleanor

had to have a castle if she was going to be a queen.

Oh, we're not happy about Culhane, mister.

But we understand how he got that way.

We don't hate him. We never did.

But we hate his wife.

I don't know what you're trying to prove.

But I think you're lying.

I've heard Riker say the same thing, and I'm sorry for you.

But I'm not lying to you, McCullough.

If you're raised in a place where people respect you,

it really means something to have respect.

What kind of woman do you think I am?

I wouldn't have those nasty little people

looking down their noses at me.

I'm no common little slavey smelling of cabbage and cornmeal,

but that's what you'd like to make me.

I just love you, Eleanor.

Five years of hiding so I wouldn't have to crawl.

I need a man to protect me.

You should have seen him. You should have seen my Flint McCullough

with his quick, strong hand and his gun.

They parted like quail when we walked down the street.

You used to be that kind of man. That's why I married you.

What kind of man are you now?

What a joke it would be.

The biggest house in town and you would be living in it.

You could go down to the saloon and beg drinks

and come back to my house. My house.

Well, we could hear the laughter all the way up here, couldn't we?

Just give me time. I'm the man I always was.

Eleanor, I came 3,000 miles almost on my hands and knees

because I can't live without you.

What makes you think you're living?

They're all out there, the trash who laughed at me.

Only they're not going to laugh anymore. Flint won't let them.

We'll live here in the biggest house in town.

And when we go out, the men will tip their hats to me

and their ugly, dried-out women will bow.

And maybe we'll have them into dinner just to show them how a lady lives.

Eleanor.

Oh, you can stay, Riker. We'll be getting a new team.

Stables aren't pretty anymore. There's a lot of work to be done.

But someone has to take care of the horses. You can do that.

We'll put up a cot out there.

We'll pay you a little something each month.

No. I'm the same man I always was. You'll see.

I'm Riker Cohane. Nobody can take my wife.

Nobody can laugh at her. I can stop them.

Then prove it.

I will.

I will.

I will.

Well, you heard the doc.

You still think I was lying about her?

I don't know.

It's hard to believe.

I didn't say she was crazy.

You don't have to be crazy and not be normal.

A lot of things can go wrong with certain types of people.

I tried to be sorry for her. Lots of folks did.

It didn't show.

Take it over, Mr. McCallum.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'll be back, Eleanor.

It's going to be different.

It'll be just the way it was before I left.

Of course it will, Riker.

If you come back.

Because this is a man's house. I'm a man's woman.

THE END

THE END

Hello, Riker.

Ned.

You're looking better.

You're wearing guns.

No law, is there?

No law.

Mr. Culhane.

Eleanor, where is he?

Who?

Your husband.

Nobody knows.

Nobody cares.

I care. We've got a lot to straighten out.

Don't worry about it, darling. It'll all take care of itself.

Riker!

Don't shout, darling. Don't shout.

It's not Gentile.

He's out.

Did I do after I fixed the house?

I'm thinking of having a party.

Where is he?

I don't know.

I'm having a party.

Where is he?

He's dead.

He died five years ago.

I sent him away.

He's never coming back.

Now everything that was Riker Culhane's...

...belongs to you.

Annette!

Annette!

Annette, do you know where Mr. Culhane is?

He went out in his suit of black with his guns.

She sent him to the town where he will die.

Darling, don't go now.

It's all taken care of.

Darling, you don't understand.

It's all taken care of.

It's all taken care of.

Paris.

What do you want, Riker?

This...

This is my town.

I'm going to take it back.

And don't try to stop me.

You've been drinking.

Better walk it off.

No.

This is my town. I run it.

Go on home.

You're still making a nuisance of yourself five minutes from now...

...I'll throw you in jail.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Now I'll throw you in jail.

I'm not going to tell you again.

Get off these streets right now.

Don't try anything so foolish again.

You're not the man you used to be.

This here is Riker Culhane's town.

Always was.

Still is.

Man here didn't think so.

You see him?

All of you see him?

Killed him.

He didn't think it was Culhane's town.

Eleanor.

I told you.

Culhane.

Put the gun away.

Goes for you too, Flint.

I said put the gun down.

My town.

Goes for you too.

You take one more step and you'll get what he got.

Eleanor.

Eleanor.

Get back to the house.

You'll be safe there.

Flint.

Flint.

Where are you going?

Flint, it's all over now.

It's our town.

It belongs to us.

How many men have to die to make you feel like a woman?

When you count your husband, how many does it make?

Ten?

Twelve?

Isn't that enough?

Flint, don't.

I've never even seen you before.

No one in this town hates you.

You're evil.

You go back to your house and live with the ghosts of the men you killed.

No, Flint.

It's your world.

You live in it.

You don't mean that.

You love me.

You're an old wife now.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

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